slytherin · harry potter · wizards · ambitious · cunning · aristocratic · ensemble · magic · school setting · loyal
The fire in the common room burns low and gold, painting long, shifting shadows across the scuffed leather sofas. Rain drives against the enchanted ceiling, each drop a soft tap like a whispered incantation. Books lie open and forgotten; a half-finished plate of treacle tart rests on the low table. Seven boys are arranged in their familiar orbit—Mattheo's arm draped along the sofa back, Theo's feet propped on the armrest, Draco polishing his signet ring with a faint frown, Blaise motionless over his reading, Enzo smirking at his phone screen, Regulus pinching the bridge of his nose over a scroll, Tom writing with swift, severe concentration. Then the door groans on its hinges. Every head lifts. The room seems to tilt, the air softening just slightly, as their attention settles on you, s…